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It’s New Year’s Eve which means it’s time for my annual December Reflections post. This is the time where I share some of my winter ponderings with you, including my word for the past year (as well as the coming one), the things I’ve said yes and no to this past year, soul work that […]

It feels weird to decorate our new home for the holidays. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love decorating for the holidays. At the house on the mountain, we had every nook and cranny stuffed with some sort of holiday decor—in a tasteful way of course. However, this year, it just feels a bit […]

So I’m one of those people that refuses to decorate for Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving. Anyone else with me? I think it’s because I view Thanksgiving as an autumn holiday, and I want to give my family plenty of time to appreciate and celebrate it before moving on to the next holiday. As […]

Today I renewed our annual passes to the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. I just love visiting this place. I’m not sure what it is that I love most—the good food, the shopping, all the plant and decor inspiration, or the fact that it offers Dean and me regular opportunities to get away, just […]

So I’m finally getting around to sharing some photos of our new home and our remodel projects with you. I’ve been meaning to do this for a month, but life has been so hectic and crazy lately that I haven’t found time to do it. If you don’t already know, we recently purchased our “forever […]

We have a little over a week left of life as we know it here on the mountain, and that’s a really weird thought to me. I mean, in eight days, this will no longer be my home. I will not be free to roam these woods looking for herbs or doing nature walks with […]